Senior HPC Technology Consultant

Senior HPC Technology Consultant

This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next.

We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

We are currently looking for a Senior Technical Consultant to join our organization. This is a High Performance Computing (HPC) specialized position that offers in-depth exposure to Linux, High Speed Networks and Parallel file systems. The role holder will be part of a team responsible for performing hardware and software delivery of new customer solutions, upgrades to existing deployments and in addition L3 escalation solution support for critical HPC issues.

As well as the technical aspects of the position, the individual will be expected to develop a trusted relationship, not only within the HPC Delivery team and wider HPE organization, but also with key customers throughout the EMEA region.

• Apply your technical background and knowledge of industry trends to deliver end‑to‑end HPC services, including both hardware and software, for massively parallel (MPP) supercomputer systems, clusters and storage systems
• Support the pre‑sales team in scoping & sizing the HPC services
• Plan and deploy HPC HW & SW solutions through to customer acceptance
• Support the Deployment Program Manager team as a lead Technical Consultant for deployments
• Analyze, qualify, troubleshoot, and resolve incidents with the right level of autonomy & expertise
• Collaborate with team members, other internal organizations, customers, and third parties (e.g. DDN, Red Hat, Altair, Nvidia, VAST…)
• Manage the customer relationship, including verbal & written communication
• Be available to travel to customers’ sites across EMEA
• Research HPC documentation & complete required training to maintain and develop HPC skills

• 5+ years of professional experience and a Bachelor of Arts/Science or equivalent degree in computer science or related area of study; without a degree, three additional years of relevant professional experience (8+ years in total)
• Advanced skills in customer service and customer‑facing communication
• Business fluency in English language
• Analytical mindset, able to understand all architectural dependencies of technologies in the customers’ IT environment
• Technical leadership

• Linux/Unix operating systems
• Workload managers (preferably SLURM and/or PBS‑pro)
• Cluster management systems
• Networking and security
• Server components including motherboards, memory and storage, network switches

• Storage systems and (HPC) file systems
• High‑speed communication architecture
• Analog and digital circuit theory and principles
• Knowledge of programming and scripting (e.g. Perl, Python, C++, etc.)
• An understanding of containerization and container orchestration frameworks such as Kubernetes and Docker Swarm

Accountability, Accountability, Active Learning, Active Listening, Bias, Business Growth, Client Expectations Management, Coaching, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cross‑Functional Teamwork, Customer Centric Solutions, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Design Thinking, Empathy, Follow‑Through, Growth Mindset, Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity, Process Improvements, Product Services, Relationship Building {+ 5 more}

We strive to…